Invalids toilet chair



G. B. KILLEN INVALID Aug. 9, 1927.

S TOILET CHAIR Filed Nov. 1926 Patented Aug. 9, 1927.

GEORGE B. KILLEN, 01' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PATENT OFFICE;

mvamn's TOILET exam.

Application filed November 12, 1928. Serial 10.145082.

This invention has for itsobject to provide a roller chair for conveyinghospital patients or invalids to and from the toilet without reuiring achange of position after leaving tie bed and until returning to the bed,the chair having an open seat and being adapted to be backed over thetoilet, making it easy for the attendant and comfortable for thepatient.

Another ob'ect is to provide such a chair so constructe that it willcause no injury to the patient in being backed over the toilet orremoved therefrom and when the weight of the patient is on the footrest,as upon entering or leaving the chair, such weight will cause the chairto tilt lowering the footrest into engagement with the floor, where itwill prevent the chair from rolling and so avoid accidents. a

With the above and other objects in view.

the invention consists in the invalids toilet chair as herein claimedand all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference indicate the same parts in different views,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an invalids toilet chair constructed inaccordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof in position over a toiletshown in dotted lines;

' Fig. 3 is a plan view with the back sectioned showing the recess inthe back of the seat to receive the toilet seat, and I Fig. 4 is adetail View showing the tilting of the chair by weight on the footrest.

In these drawings, 10 indicates the chair frame consisting of front andback legs properly connected together to form a sup port for the seatmember 11. the back of the chair frame being open and unobstructed topermit it to receive the opened toilet seat in the manner shown in Fig.2 and preferably having arm rests 12 projecting therefrom.

' The legs of the chair are provided with large casters 13 on therollers of which it may be easily moved from place to place.

The back of the seat 11 is cut away or re cessed at 14 to receive thetoilet seat, as in Fig. 2, and, to obtain the necessary strength, asteel brace 15 connects the back leg members and is suitably attached tothe seat member to reinforce it. This brace shaped to conform with thecut away back of the seat.

The opening of the seat extends through the front edge thereof and thedeep crosspanel 16 connecting the front leg members is cut away orrecessed at 17, as shown, and rigidly mounted thereon is a footrest 18normally just above the level of the floor. The patients weight on thefootrest when entermg or leaving the chair causes the chair to slightlyincline, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the footrest bears on the floor andconsequently the chair is prevented from rolling out. When the atlent isseated on the chair, however, t e chair ma be readily moved from lace toplace an backed over the toilet, w ere it will receive the open toiletseat and cover in such a way as to not inconvenience the patient. Thecut away openlng 17 prevents any possibility of any part of the body ofthe patient being caught between the edge of bowl and the chair as thelatter is pushed over the bowl.

The chair is designed to afford the necessary strength for conveyingpatients or invalids in this manner with safety and comfort and with theleast degree of disturbance to the patient while makingit easier for thenurse or attendant.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. A roller chair for conveying hospital patients to and from thetoiletcomprising a chair mounted on rollers and having an open seat andan open back, the latter to receive the open seat and cover of a toiletwhen the chair is backed over the same.

2. A roller chair for conveying hospital patients to and from the toiletcomprising a chair mounted on rollers and adapted to be backed over atoilet, said chair havinga seat with an opening extendin to the frontthereof and the front panel geneath the seat having a recesscommunicating with the opening of the seat.

3; A roller chair for conveying hospital patients to and from the toiletcomprisin a chair mounted on rollers and capable of being backed over atoilet, said chair having a seat provided with an opening and having afootrest mounted thereon and normally positioned slightly above thelevel of the floor whereby the weight of the patient thereon .will causethe chair to tilt and the footrest to engage the floor to prevent thechair from back to receive the open toilet seat and cover when the chairis hacked over a. toilet, a metal brace extending across the back of thechair seat and secured thereto to reinforce it and recessed to receivethe toilet seat, said chair seat having, an opening therein extendin tothe front and the front panel board 3 eneath the chair seat having a,recess communicating with the opening in me cnauseat, and a footrestmounted on the front panel board and normally ositioned slightly abovethe floor but ca a le of engaging the floor under the weig t of thepatient to prevent the chair from rolling.

In testimony whereof, I aflix m signature.

GEORGE B. ILLEN.

